Sending Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

2018 Resolutions:

1. Get Organized – stop by CMCA and speak with Autumn about purchasing updated forms, files and regulatory books.

2. Employee Training – CMCA offers more than 30 classroom trainings, plus we have on-line training partners for everything you need.

3. Decrease Overhead – participate in the many cost-saving programs offered through CMCA – we offer discounts on tires, insurance, 401k programs, regulatory forms, office supplies, telecommunications, training and more!

4. Better Manage Cashflow – work with CMCA affiliates that offer professional advice on accounting and business practices.

5. Protect Your Business – contact our insurance company members to discuss cybersecurity, disaster protection and data recovery coverage.

6. Focused Marketing – increase your corporate brand and name recognition with your target audience by helping to sponsor CMCA events and activities. A link on the website MarketPlace is another inexpensive way to reach your target audience!

7. Give Back – donating to the CMCA Foundation, along with our charitable partners are a great way to help give back to your industry and community.

8. Participate – join us at our Legislative Committee and Board of Directors Meetings to help shape policy, legislation and regulatory issues.

9. Get More Informed – our weekly Hotsheet and website provide a great deal of information on local, state and national regulations. In addition, our staff are highly knowledgeable and able to help with any questions you may have.

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Viewing your Membership as an Investment

Over the years, CMCA has endeavored to run our organization like a business, and place the profit and benefits of our members over the interests of the Association. We continually strive to increase the value and benefits we bring to our members.

While this may be challenging at times, I have taken this concept to heart over the years as I have reviewed our participation in various programs to assess whether these represent enough value for our continued time and investment. As part of this process, when I annually review our programs, I take the time to list what benefits, ideas, cost-savings or other value that we have gained through our involvement with that group. I also look at the future direction of that program to see whether its future is a good match with our own.

I like to think of you and our other members as investors, much like an individual investing in a stock. You are investing funds and time into our organization with the hope that this investment will yield a return that exceeds your membership cost as well as the time you spend with us. Along with an immediate return, you like to look at the long-term prospects of your investment in our organization. While the CMCA management team has an obligation to you as a “shareholder”, you also have a responsibility to provide us with your ideas and input on how we can better serve you and our organization as a whole.

I look forward to hearing from you in the months ahead as to how we are doing, and what we can do better.

Many thanks to all of our “shareholders” for your support for CMCA.